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Acknowledgements

Marie-Jos\u00e9 Nadeau, Chair, WEC

Communications and Outreach Committee

This inaugural edition of World Energy in 2006could not have been achieved without the valu-able contributions of those WEC members whoparticipated in the Taskforce and the Advisoryand Editorial Boards. As the Chair of the WEC\u2019sCommunications & Outreach Committee, Iwould like to thank the following members fortheir vision, leadership and dedication:

Katrina devastates a major city in the US. Nuclearenergy is back. Angelina Jolie addresses the WorldEconomic Forum in Davos on the problem of refu-gees. Booming growth in China, India and Brazilhas turned the energy world upside down. Newenergy investments have exceeded the $1 trillionmark and Russia turns off its gas to 60 million peo-ple in Ukraine. Almost one out of every four peoplecontinues to live without access to modern energy.Which of these issues will we remember when wethink back to \ue000006?

As the Chairman of the World Energy Coun-

cil (WEC) I am proud to introduce World Energy in

2006, a new publication that offers energy stakehold-

ers a unique opportunity to read about the future ofenergy, today. World Energy in 2006 provides inval-uable insight because it is grounded in the WEC\u2019stechnical and analytical expertise, and leverages theWEC\u2019s strength in longer-term thinking.

The WEC, the energy industry\u2019s only global

voice, takes a hard look at these issues in this \ue000rst

edition of World Energy in 2006. The publication iswrittenby energy business leaders, policymakersand academicsfor business leaders, policymakers

and academics. Based on the real-life experiencesof energy decision-makers from all regions of theworld and all energy sectors, the objective ofWorld

Energy in 2006 is to encourage debate and to inspire

energy stakeholders to act.

Throughout my tenure as Chairman, I have madeit my mandate to ensure the WEC\u2019s contributions tosustainable energy development are action-focused,

speci\ue000cally in the areas of availability, accessibility

and acceptability (3 A\u2019s). World Energy in 2006, in itshonest assessment of the top global energy issues,analyses what actions have been or could be takenwithin the context of these 3A\u2019s.

Advancing the cause

In the interest of advancing its cause \u2013 sustainableenergy development \u2013 the WEC has intentionallyincluded thought pieces that are not completely

aligned with the of\ue000cial WEC positioning to pro-

voke and stimulate the reader. Where the WECmessages differ, our Regional Vice-Chairs offertheir perspectives to ensure the reader receives abalanced overview of the issue at hand.

World Energy in 2006 in its honest assessment

of the top global energy issues helps energy stake-holders make balanced decisions for a sustainablefuture.u

The future of energy, today

Andr\u00e9 Caill\u00e9, Chairman, World Energy Council

The objective of World Energy in 2006 isto encourage debate and to inspire energystakeholders to act